"You may be paying more attention to your mother since your father died and noticing more things such as minor illnesses."

"It is probably a coincidence. Emotions and physical responses travel on different tracts of the nervous system."

"Negative emotions and stress may interfere with the body's ability to protect itself and can increase the likelihood of infection."

"So far, research on emotions or stress and becoming ill more easily is unclear. We do not know for sure if there is a link."